Digital Government
Mullen says Defense thumb-drive ban to remain in effect for now
But removable storage prohibition complicates efforts of medical personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq to share information on wounded soldiers.
Digital Government
DHS announces departmentwide efficiency review
Secretary Napolitano asks managers to submit reports on ways to reduce costs and streamline processes, with technology likely to be a cornerstone of the effort.
People
Get a Life: Government work is a perk
In this difficult economic time, government work is a job with many benefits, according to commenters.
Ideas
Public Outreach, Warts and All
It's been just three days since Virginia's Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/02/social_networking_the_stimulus.php>launched a Web site</a> soliciting Virginians' ideas about how to spend the economic stimulus money the state may receive. As of Friday afternoon, 1,274 projects (and counting) were posted on <a href=http://stimulus.virginia.gov/> stimulus.virginia.gov</a>.
Cybersecurity
News ticker: NSPS, fixed-price contracting, mid-sized contractors, the Conflicker worm
A roundup of news from around the Web on Feb. 13.
Digital Government
Forget the Exquisite Satellites
That's the message from the thinking man's Marine, General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who <a href=http://pentagontv.feedroom.com/?fr_story=4bec59f4322f139dfb694c60ece93b65b32b8d99&rf=rss>told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce confab in Washington yesterday</a> that the Defense Department may lose its edge in space because of a policy that has led to slow development of costly satellites.
Modernization
NASA wins Twitter award
Updates about the Mars Phoenix Lander mission won NASA a prize in the science category of the Shorty Awards.
Ideas
Stimulus Bill Fogs Transparency
As I'm writing this post, I'm also trying to download part A of the 500-page conference stimulus bill posted on The House Rules Committee's <a href="http://www.rules.house.gov/">Web site</a> yesterday just before midnight. I've been trying all morning and it looks like it will take at least another 30 minutes to download the 13 megabyte file.
Modernization
OPM cites progress in DOD pay-for-performance system
More data is needed on the National Security Personnel System to gauge its effect on employee recruitment, retention and turnover rates.
People
FCW announces the 2009 Federal 100 award winners
The Federal 100 awards recognize individuals in government and industry who have made significant contributions to the federal information technology community in 2008.
People
Final stimulus bill keeps billions for IT
Major IT programs survived and thrived in the final version of the stimulus bill set to go before the House and Senate later today.
Cybersecurity
E-Verify dropped from stimulus bill
The E-Verify employment verification provisions have been dropped from the final version of the economic stimulus package.
Cybersecurity